Coach-pad.



PATENTED JUNE 20, 1905.

C. M. CRANE.

COACH PAD.

APPLIOATION FILED MAY 7, 1904.

NI-TED STATES Patented June 20, 1905'.

PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES M. CRANE, OF CANTON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE GILLIAM MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF CANTON, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

COACH PAD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 792,651, dated June 20, 1905.

Application filed May 7,1904. Serial No. 206,817.

1'0 all whont it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLEs M. CRANE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Canton, in the county of Stark and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Coach-Pads, of which the fol lowing is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

The novel features of this invention are to be found in the construction of the metal tree, especially at and near the lower ends of its diverging arms, and to the combinations of said tree with the skirts and other parts constituting a coach-pad, as hereinafter described and claimed.

The object of the invention is to enable the secure attachment of the skirts in such a manner that they do not engage with the leather top piece or jockey, and therefore do not cause it to bulge upward at its lower end, as it usually does in saddles containing trees of the ordinary construction.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a coach-pad embodying my invention, with the parts thereof on one side disconnected to show the inclosed metal tree. Fig. 2 is a central sectional view of the lower end of one arm of a complete coach-pad, of which such a tree is a part; and Fig. 3 is a central sectional view of the lower end of one arm of a tree having a slightly-modified construction with the skirts attached thereto.

Referring to the parts by letters, A represents the tree, which is generally of familiar form, having the two diverging arms a. This tree is in the form of a thin cast-metal plate which is provided on both its edges with the flanges a a which respectively extend a short distance above and below the upper and lower faces ofthe plate. The upwardlyextended flanges a are substantially as high as the thickness of the leather top piece or jockey B, which rests upon the tree between said upwardly-proj ecting flanges. The depth of the flanges a at the lower ends of said plate is substantially as great as or a trifle greater than the thickness of the skirts C. These side flanges extend a short distancesay about an inch and a halt-beyond the ends of the tree-plate, and the lower edges of said flanges near their outer ends are joined by an integral transverse bar a At the extreme outer ends of these flanges their upper edges are connected by an integral bar a, and on the under side of the tree-arm near each end is a downwardly-projecting hollow stud of. I11 making a coach-pad with this tree as a part the skirt C passes over the bar a, under the bar a whereby the skirt is held downv upon bar a, and then under the end of the tree, and it has a hole 0, through which the hollow stud a is passed. The pad D is placed against the under side of the tree and the jockey B is placed against its upper side, fitting between the side flanges a thereof, and all of the parts are fastened together by screws E E passing down through the jockey, through the tree, and screwing into burs d in the pad, the screws E passing through said hollow stud (5. It will be seen that the jockey or top piece when it rests flatly against the top of the tree-plate does not come in contact with the skirt, and therefore is not bulged up thereby.

Instead of providing the top bar a a hook a may be formed at the upper side of the bar a and the skirt may have a hole 0, through which this hook passes. This construction is illustrated in Fig. 3. The hook having been passed through this hole a and the skirt having been pulled down so that the hook overhangs a portion of it, the hole a in the other portion of the skirt is compelled to embrace the hollow stud or. This hook then acts to hold the skirt down on the bar a just as the bar a does in the preferred construction.

Having described my invention, I claim 1. A metal tree for coach-pads and the like, consisting of two thin diverging arms, each of which has, along its edges, flanges which project both up and down therefrom, and which extend beyond the ends of the arms, and which have the lower edges of their ends joined by crossbars, said arms having also near their ends downwardlyrojecting hollow studs, and means for hol ing down upon said cross-bars the leather skirts which pass over them and engage said hollow studs.

2. A metal tree for coach-pads and the like, consisting of two thin diverging arms, each of which has, along its edges, flanges which project both up and down therefrom, and which extend beyond the ends of the arms, and which have the lower edges of their ends joined by cross-bars, and a bar connecting the top edges of the projecting flanges at each end of said arms, said arms having also near their ends downwardly-projecting hollow studs.

3. A metal tree for coach-pads and the like, consisting of two thin diverging arms, each of which has, along its edges, flanges which project both up and down therefrom, and which extend beyond the ends of the arms, and which have the lower edges of their ends joined by cross-bars, said arms having also near their ends downwardly-projecting hollow studs, combined with leather skirts which pass over the cross-bars and under the said tree-arms and lie against the under sides thereof, and have perforations through which hollow studs project.

4. A metal tree for coach-pads and the like, consisting of two thin diverging arms, each of which has, along its edges, flangeswhich project both up and down therefrom, and which extend beyond the ends of said arms, and which have the edges of their ends joined by two cross-bars a (1*, said arms having also near their ends downwardly-projecting hollow studs, combined with skirts, each of which passes between two cross-bars and under the lower adjacent end of the arm, and has a perforation through which said hollow stud projects.

5. A metal tree for coach-pads and the like, consisting of two thin diverging arms, each of which has, along its edges, flanges which project both up and down therefrom, and which extend beyond the ends of the arms, and which have the lower edges of their ends joined by cross-bars, said arms having also near their ends downwardly-projecting hollow studs, skirts which pass over said cross-bars and under said arms and have perforations through which said hollow studs project, a jockey on the tree between the upwardly-projecting flanges thereof, a pad lying against the under side of said tree and containing burs, and screws, which pass through the jockey, through the hollow studs and screw into said burs.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afliX my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES M. CRANE.

Witnesses ALLEN OooK, BERTHA KATZMASTZIK. 

